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{{noteNew_6.0|Custom defined fields must have a unique combination of item, label, '''name''' and data type. }}

To add a custom defined field[[Image:DIM category.png|600px|center]]

<li>From In the '''Customisation''' menu, select &rarr; '''Data Inventory Manager'''.</li>:The <li>'''[[Filter Item Attributes | Search]]''' the Data Inventory Manager window displaysbefore you add a CDF in order to make sure that a suitable system field does not already exist.</li><li>From In the left pane of the Data Inventory Manager window, select the item under and the data category to which you would like to add a CDF.</li><li>From In the right pane of the Data Inventory Manager window, click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png]] button.</li>:The CDF Editor window displays.</ol>

</div> <ol start="4"/li><li>Enter a name in the Name field. The name should be no longer than # maximum 60 characters long# only allowed characters are a - z and should not 0 - 9 i.e. <br/>::* cannot contain periods (.), underscores / \ (_), or ! ? - @ ::* cannot contain space/blanks::* cannot contain capital letters. In addition it /upper case character::* cannot start with a digit.</li>

<li>Select the data type for the custom defined field from the '''Data Type''' list.<The general recommendation is to avoid text fields if the CDF will be used for search/li><filter, statistics, maps and/ol>or data quality. Users will enter data differently in text fields e.g. many different spellings of an organisation name so it is preferable to use data entry widgets where the user selects over text widget.

| ≤250 unlimited characters

| Month, day, yeartimestamp (2016-12-01 15:33:59.187)

| ≤15 decimal pointswith 6 decimals

| Allows the user to select organisational dataan Organisation

| Allows the user to select place dataa Place

| Allows the user to select country from the Country structure level data

<li>If Go through the CDF is active, check the '''Active''' checkbox.</li><li>If you selected the ''Multiple Select'' or 'checklist for implementation of 'Single Select'' option, click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.pngCustom Defined Fields]] button.</li>:The Add window displays.<li>Enter the value for the list in the '''Value''' field.</li>

{{note|When entering === Adding values for lists, be sure to:*Enter values in the order that you would like them to display to the user*Enter values in the language in which the users will use IMSMA}} <ol startmulti- and single-select CDFs==="10"><li>Do one of the following:</li>__NOEDITSECTION__ *If you would like to save the value and enter additional values, click selected the ''Multiple Select'Save''' button.*If you have completed entering the values for the list, click the '''Done''' button.<li>If you selected the or ''Single Select'' option, chose an option from the Selection Display field to display click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png]] button.[[Image:CDF as either a list of radio buttons or as a combo boxvalue.</li> </ol> {{notepng|center|300px|You can also translate the label and, if applicable, list option values by clicking the ''Add multi- and single-select value window'Translate''' button at this time. See [[Translate Custom Defined Field Labels]] for more information.}} <ol startdiv align="12center"><li>Do one of the following:''Add multi- and single-select value window''</lidiv>*To save Enter the custom defined field and close value for the CDF Editor window, click list in the '''SaveValue''' button.:If the custom defined field information is successfully saved, the CDF Editor window closes and the custom defined field is listed in the Data Inventory Manager window. After the custom defined field is added, it becomes available from the folder of the data category in which it was created in the Data Entry Form Manager. </ol> {{note|If When you would like to add have completed entering the values for the custom defined field to existing data entry form templateslist, you will need to update and republish click the data entry form template'''Done''' button.}}

<ol>*To discard {{Note|You can also translate the custom defined field label and close the CDF Editor window, click if applicable, list option values by clicking the '''CancelTranslate''' buttonat this time. See [[Translate Custom Defined Fields]] for more information.</ol>}}